Special Guests Include:

Jordan Dodge
Chris Vance
Sluggo
SArmstr0ng
PriestMLH

This is the second episode toymachine has edited- he thinks he’s getting better.

Parental Advisory: There are adult situations and gratuitous use of the f-word in this episode- use your judgment.

Topics Discussed:

Trip to LA
Guitar/Bass
Drums
Vocals
Character Discussion
Questions for Jordan/Chris
¯\(°_o)/¯
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We’re all hoping that these articles will serve to inform you guys about what’s going on in the live stream world of Guitar Hero and Rock Band, including upcoming events, features, and tips & tricks about streaming in general.

So, over at SocialGamer, we’re always trying to set up new and fun events for people to watch. Frequently our events are focused around raising awareness for social issues and raising money to support organizations and foundations attempting to help communities and individuals facing problems, be they health-related, disaster-related or otherwise. Our most prominent events have included two Rock Band Infinite Setlist marathons which drove in over $3,800 combined for charities. Aside from the charitable aspect, these events are always fun to watch.

And we’ve got more coming. This month, we have plenty of events to keep you entertained:

• Azuritereaction will be playing the Rock Band 2 Endless Setlist on drums on Saturday, October 11 starting at 1PM PDT (4PM Eastern). Azuritereaction was the first SocialGamer member to participate in a fundraiser marathon, with his Infinite Setlist (in the style of Starpower staff member Sean’s Drum Hell event) to raise money for a foundation focused around raising awareness for mitral valve prolapse syndrome, a common (usually non-threatening, but inconvenient) heart condition.
• Chidori, Domorin, Sk84life293, and Vixenita are streaming a full-band Rock Band 2 Endless Setlist event. The event starts Friday, October 17th at 3:30PM PDT (6:30PM Eastern) and is geared towards raising money for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. All these guys are really good (seriously, if you haven’t heard of them, and you’re into Rock Band, you’ve been living under a rock), and this event should be a boatload of fun to watch.
• Sarcastic Gamer’s Extra Life fundraiser marathon is coming up — on Saturday, October 18th starting at 9AM, going to 9AM Sunday, October 19th, our own member otaku1412 will be participating to help raise money for this event. He’ll be playing Rock Band 2 most of the time, but will also be throwing some cool classic gaming stuff into the mix.

Coming up in December as well is the Infinevent, featuring blindz0r, Carungi, Morkai and Skeltonath. These guys will be teaming up together live to do the first ever 4-person full band Infinite Setlist. (Good luck, guys!)

We’ve also got some good news about upcoming features for the SocialGamer website. The past couple of weeks, we’ve been working on migrating the website over to a new web programming framework. Using this new framework will allow us to easily add new features and content to the site. You’ll be able to connect with friends across multiple gaming communities, set up your own groups and communites, send messages between people, and much more.

Other cool relevant stuff: If you’re a Windows user (sorry everyone else, there will be viable solutions for you soon), Ustream is now letting its users use Flash Media Encoder to connect directly to their streaming servers. Not only does this mean an instant (HUGE) boost in quality for your stream, but you can still use the Ustream broadcaster to add overlays to your stream and record your stream. Stickam and Justin.tv, eat your shorts! If you need help setting this up, refer to Ustream’s instructions and feel free to hop by our support chat if you have any difficulties whatsoever in getting this set up. You will be AMAZED at how much both the audio and video quality of your stream improves.

That’s all for now, folks. I’ll be back sometime around November to let you know about all the new, awesome stuff coming up then!

–Devon

In this episode, Elliott, Rob, and Frankie are joined by:

Someguy913
HellAshes
Billtvshow
Machchunk
IBitePrettyHard

This is the first episode toymachine has ever edited on his own so expect some ummm- different stuff.

Topics Discussed:

What’s wrong with RB2
Guitar
Bass
Drums
Vox
Favourite Songs
Spike TV’s: Countdown to RB2
Lolopinions: Visions Discussion
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This week on Addicted 2 The Content we are treated with the extra special RUSH’s MOVING PICTURES FULL ALBUM!!!!…… *someone taps Frankie on the shoulder*….*whispers*…What? What do you mean no Rush??? But I got an email!!! Huh?? LOCKSLEY?? Who the hell is Locksley?

This week on Addicted 2 The Content we review an independent band based out of Brooklyn, NY called Locksley, which is a mix of the Beatles and some modern garage rock. Its no Rush, but what the hell, we’ll review it anyway! The songs this week are She Does, Don’t Make Me Wait and All Over Again.

This week the band is
Vocals: toymachine
Guitar: FrankieB/machchunk
Bass: Rickjames
Drums: Tra1nwreck

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The DLC

Don’t Make Me Wait Rating: 4.5 / 5

She Does Rating: 3 / 5

All Over Again Rating: 4 / 5

Overall Rating: 4.5 Potatoes

NOTE from FrankieB: I want to apologize for the late release of this podcast. Due to Harmonix releasing the pack very late in the week, coupled with this past weekend and me being sick as a dog, I did not have any time to edit and release the podcast until last night (9/04). In the future we might be looking to have written reviews for the smaller packs and post those on the website. If you think you’re interested in writing or reviews or being on Addicted 2 The Content, please email us at dlcreviews@starpowerpodcast.com. Thanks and my apologizes once again!

This week we bring you the first on video FC of Operation Ground and Pound from the new Dragonforce DLC on Guitar Hero 3. This FC is brought to you by Guitarherophenom!

Check out his Youtube Channel for more amazing videos.

For Rock Band we have a video that proves once and for all that you can sing a song amazingly and still FC it. Alania57’s FC of Creep on Expert is without a doubt one of the best sounding on-disc FCs I have heard.

Stay tuned next week when we’ll have a video of a One FC (hopefully).

This week I bring you an amazing video from Jason2890 who has developed a new way of playing Thunderhorse by Dethklok for Guitar Hero 2. Bum Strumming! Is a Six video next?

If you want to see more from Jason2890, visit his YouTube channel and check out his other videos.

For Rock Band we have the infamous ES942 who not only FC’s Rock Band DLC Snow on Expert guitar but on Expert vocals as well… at the same time!! What an accomplishment! Look forward to hearing from ES942 on our special Rock Band 2 Episode forthcoming!

For more from the amazing ES942, please visit his YouTube channel and check out his other videos.

Tune in next week for more Plastic Instrument epicness!

- Elliott

This week on Addicted 2 The Content we’re going back in time to when Punk Rock was actually Punk and people like me were born. Yes it’s the 1980s!

Anyway in addition to the new wave songs we also get a song by The Janitors from the upcoming Disney Movie “American Mall” for half price. YAY!

This week the band is
Vocals: de1337ed
Guitar: Apples
Bass: Duce
Drums: MrCrazyPants05

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The DLC

Devo - Girl You Want Rating: 3.5/5

Devo - Through Being Cool Rating: 2.5/5

Duran Duran - Girls on Film Rating: 5/5

Duran Duran - Rio Rating: 4.5/5

The Janitors - Get Your Rock On Rating: 3.5/5

Overall Rating: 3.5/5 Potatoes

Every now and again there is a video that goes above and beyond the usual “here is my FC now comment” video and this above video is most definitely the case. Never before has a Rock Band video won so much that the universe almost imploded when it was posted. Kudos to Mudvayne on this masterpiece and let’s hope Weezer likes it also since we don’t want to see this video get removed!

If you want to see more from Mudvayne, visit his YouTube channel and check out his other videos.

For Guitar Hero we have a FC that most people deemed impossible and would not be happening until a young 13 year old Guitar Hero savant named Danny proved them all wrong- on an Xplorer with no hyperspeed no less. Sure it’s not optimal- but DAYUUUUM.

For more from the amazing GH3Phenom, please visit his YouTube channel and check out his other videos. You can also check out www.guitarherophenom.com to see him stream live during the evenings mashing colored circles into oblivion.

Tune in next week for more Plastic Instrument epicness!

- Elliott

Greetings fellow plastic instrument enthusiasts. Since the Gods of Rockband episode is looking much like Axl Rose’s Chinese Democracy at the moment we have some other things to keep you satisfied namely this totally awesome weekly podcast FrankieB and I are doing called Addicted 2 The Content!

Every Tuesday FrankieB and I (toymachine) +4 guests each representing a different instrument will review the DLC that those great folks at Harmonix release!

This week the band is:
Guitar: HellAshes/FrankieB
Drums: dho
Vocals: toymachine
Bass: Mithin

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The DLC:

Airbourne - Running Wild Rating: 3/5

Killswitch Engage - My Curse Rating: 4.5/5

Devil Driver - Clouds over California Rating: 4.5/5

Machinehead - Aesthetics of Hate Rating: 4/5

Megadeth - Sleepwalker Rating: 5 GS

Dream Theater - Constant Motion Rating: 5/5

Overall DLC Rating: 5 Gold Potatoes